[Wonder Warthog]

"I don't mind the pro-2A activism, but I really get a kick out of giving back to our communities, both through the training activities and the grants awarded by the NRA Foundation."

Actually, the NRA needs to do MORE "pro-2A activism" IN THESE TRAINING COURSES, and educate exactly this set of guys in the real Constitutional meaning of the Second Amendment. A significant number of cops and soldiers WOULD WILLINGLY OBEY an order to confiscate all civilian firearms.

[HiJinx]

I didn't intend to make light of the activism...I'm saying I'm glad we (the NRA) are a multi-faceted organization.

You may note that I chair a Friends of NRA committee...I've helped hand out over a million dollars over the last ten years to help improve ranges, provide training for boy scouts, 4-H, FFA, JROTC, and school kids statewide, provide scholarships to the NRA YES program and the Whittington Center's YHEC, and to support SCI's hunter training camps.

And in nearly all of those situations, the importance of the right to keep and bear arms is brought to the attention of the participants.